Best 8 Classified Plugins

If you have an existing website and you want to add marketplace section to it, using a plugin instead of a classifieds theme is the way to go. Plugins typically offer less features than themes, but you can integrate them easier to your website.

Unfortunately, there are not so many WordPress classified plugins today and there are only a few free ones. In this list I have collected and provide a brief review of the best ones. If you know others which are not included here, please comment below.

AWPCP Classifieds is definitely the most popular plugin which has been downloaded over 200K times and rated over 4. It is continuously updated and more and more features are added. there are even some premium modules.

This plugin is a great tool to add an extra section to your existing website which can even make you money.

This is maybe the second most popular free classified ads
plugin which is rated 3.5.

This is directory/classified system which uses custom taxonomies and posts.

We can customize it using CSS and there are a few integrated layouts.

We can modify the custom fields and it works fine with any themes.

Best Features
- Full wysiwyg front end post editor
- Advertisement expiration time setting
- Google Maps
- Ads can be featured
- Free or paid submission
- Users can get in touch with each other
- Guests can also submit ads
- Tagging
- Notification system
- Automatic publishing/drafting/pending